Secret Agent
1936
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Synopsis
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
Facts
Setting
Switzerland
Filming location
Canton of Berne, Switzerland
Production
Gaumont
Original language
English
Stills
Festival History
- National Board of Review 1936 generic
